Welcome everyone to the Amy and TJ podcast. It is a very special month. It is

October and that means it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it's an important month

because first of all it's time to honor those who have been treated for breast

cancer. It's time to honor those who are fighting cancer who have metastatic breast cancer and

almost as important it's time to raise awareness to continue to raise awareness about early detection

about reminding women to make those appointments with their OGYNs, to get those

mammograms scheduled, and to show up for the actual appointment.

And just to remind everyone, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women in the United

States.

A woman in this country is diagnosed every two minutes and great strides have been made with breast cancer research

and certainly in treating women and men with this disease but there is still so much

more to do because breast cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in American women.

And so to get all the latest information on where we are with this disease, on the research being done, and what you can do to prevent breast cancer,

or at the very least, if you've been a patient or you are currently fighting it or someone you know is what you can do to live a better life a healthier life and prevent recurrence and for all of that very important information

TJ and I are so excited to welcome my personal oncologist

she's a star at NYU Dr Ruth O'Rats thank you so much for being with us

Amy and T.J. I am really, really happy to be back with you in the studio.

I always love seeing you and especially here.

Thank you, Ruth.

And Dr. O'Rettes, you know, I think some people roll their eyes up, Breast Cancer Awareness

Month, the pink ribbons.

This is so much more than just this month, but can you explain why this month is actually truly important?

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